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Identifying MMORPG Bots: A Traffic Analysis Approach
Identifying MMORPG Bots: A Traffic Analysis Approach
Human Interaction
Command Timing
Trend of Traffic Burstiness
Magnitude of Traffic Burstiness
Sensitivity to Network Conditions
Human Interaction
Using moderators or GMs to check
Command Timing
Bot programs have a certain timing thanks
to their main loop.
Two tests in here
Multimodality Test
Regularity Test
Command Timing
Multimodality
Easy, use the Dip test! (mentioned in other
papers . . . . )
Regularity
Magnitude of Burstiness
Uses a cross-point to display how smooth
the traffic is
Bot if smaller than
10 seconds
This give a
minimum false +
False-
Correct Rate
Timing
<5%
>95%
Burstiness
Trend
<5%
>95%
Burstiness
Magnitude
<5%
~75%
Connection
Reaction